Israel

Think slavery is a problem of the past? Think again.

Weird as it may sound, Israel discriminates against Jews living in Judea and Samaria (the so-called “West Bank”).

In what is becoming an annual tradition, Anat and I visited Haifa and Nazareth during the Christmas season, along with several friends.

The train to Tel Aviv passed right by. I had missed it by 18 seconds.

What would hiking almost 100 miles across the desert have to do with me? Nothing, right?

“As a rabbi, I do a lot of talking about love, doing things for others and altruism.

Last year, 4,120,800 tourists came to Israel, 14 percent more than the year before, which was also a record year, and 42 percent more than in 2016.

Following a turbulent hearing, the judge announced his verdict: “Cain is acquitted of the accusation of murder owing to lack of evidence, and instead convicted of manslaughter in the death of his brother Abel.”